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Tag Archives: accordion
Pistolera – December 5, 2015
Pistolera – Bronx Library Center – December 5, 2015 This group’s hard-driving sound gets its characteristic tinge from Latin American accordion pumping along at two-fourths time, behind singer-songwriter Sandra Lilia Velásquez. The strong rhythmic essence is shared among all players, … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, Bronx Library Center, Bryan Vargas, guitar, Maria Elena, Pistolera, Sandra Lilia Velásquez
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Susan Werner – July 30, 2015
Susan Werner – Ridgefield Playhouse – July 30, 2015 When it rains, the CHIRP series moves indoors, so that’s where this concert was. Werner’s songwriting and performance penetrate with simultaneous pathos and humor, and she knows how to play to … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, CHIRP, guitar, piano, Radoslav Lorkovic, Ridgefield Playhouse, Susan Werner
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White Plains Jazz Festival – September 7, 2014
White Plains Jazz Festival – September 7, 2014 This gig was out in the street in front of the ArtsWestchester building. I caught the final two acts, Mike Morganelli’s Brazil Project and Bobby Sanabria/Ascension. Since I had already previously sketched … Continue reading
Max Baca & Los Texmaniacs – August 26, 2014
Max Baca & Los Texmaniacs – Ballard Park – August 26, 2014 Baca is a Grammy Award winner, and he interspersed explanatory patter into his set to get the Ridgefield vanilla crowd properly oriented. His music is Tex-Mex, tejano, norteno, … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, bajo sexto, Ballard Park, bass, CHIRP, Danny Martinez, drums, Josh Baca, Los Texmaniacs, Max Baca, Noel Hernandez, norteno, tejano
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Guy Davis – September 23, 2012
Guy Davis – Ossining Public Library – September 23, 2012 Davis is a treasure of blues/roots/Americana, with a deep authoritative voice, an incisive sense of humor, and enough attitude to put that sense to worthy use. He rotated through several … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, americana, blues, folk music, guitar, Guy Davis, harmonica, Nik Rael, Ossining Library, Professor Louie, vocal
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Alaev Family – August 8, 2012
Alaev Family – Damrosch Park – August 8, 2012 The Alaev Family, Jews originating in Uzbekistan, later moved to Israel. The patriarch (three generations included on stage) is 82-year old Allo, the only one whose name I am sure of; … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, Alaev Family, Allo Alaev, Amir Alaev, Ariel Alaev, frame drum
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Wall to Wall Gertrude’s Paris – May 5, 2012
Wall to Wall Gertrude’s Paris – Symphony Space – May 5, 2012 This year’s Wall-to-Wall celebrated the 1920’s Paris of Gertrude Stein. Performances began even before we got into the theatre, with Marni Rice leading her band, Chanson Chamber Salon, … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, Ashley Jennifer Jackson, Aundrey Mitchell, bassoon, Bryan Young, Christopher Matthews, clarinet, Edmund White, flute, Gertrude Stein, harp, Josh Roseman, Marni Rice, Matt Darriau, Paris, Poulenc Trio, Symphony Space, trombone, viola, Wall to Wall
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Regina Carter – March 13, 2011
Regina Carter – Brooklyn Museum – March 13, 2011 We’ve seen music at Brooklyn Museum before, but this was the first sketching. Violinist Regina Carter received a MacArthur Fellowship a few years back, used it to travel to Africa to … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, bass, Brooklyn Museum, drums, jazz, kora, Regina Carter, Reverse Thread, violin, Weill Music Institute, Will Holshouser, Yacouba Sissoko
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Slavic Soul Party – February 12, 2011
Slavic Soul Party – Bronx Library Center – February 12, 2011 Bronx Library Center is on Kingsbridge Road, just down the block from where long-departed (and lamented) Jahn’s Ice Cream Parlor used to be. The performance space is perfectly intimate … Continue reading
Lila Downs – April 15, 2010
Lila Downs – Casita Maria, Bronx – April 15, 2010 Deep in the South Bronx, English is the second language. Casita Maria shares its building with the Urban Assembly Bronx Studio School (what ever happened to “PS” plus a number?); … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, Casita Maria, Leo Soqui, Lila Downs, vocal, Weill Music Institute
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